Grid cells are a class of specialized neurons in a brain region called the entorhinal cortex, which is known to support spatial navigation and some memory processes. Past neuroscience studies have ...

Arc Institute, Gladstone Institutes, and University of California, San Francisco, scientists have developed an epigenetic editing platform that enables safe modification of multiple genes in primary ...

Onions with glossy leaves possess an unexpected advantage: natural resistance to thrips, one of the crop’s most damaging ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed Nicheformer, the first ...

Researchers have discovered a novel method that viruses use to move around the body. These findings could help scientists develop better treatments for viral infections, some of which can lay dormant ...

A new light-driven cancer therapy uses LEDs and tin nanoflakes to kill tumors safely and affordably. Developed by teams in Texas and Portugal, it eliminates up to 92% of skin cancer cells without ...

There are many purposes that spots and stripes serve in nature, but how they form has been more of a mystery to scientists.

The interior of a cell is packed with proteins and nucleic acids, such as RNA, all of which need to perform specific functions at the exact right time. If they don't, serious diseases—ALS, ...

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions. In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don ...

A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like disorder turned out to ...